We went to SALTED BOOKS, a cool English language book shop in Lisbon, Portugal and asked owner Alex Holder what to read during this HOLIDAY SEASON. 

Here are some of her recommendations:

• A book with a dysfunctional family to rival your own: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• Staying with puritanical in-laws and need some opinions you might actually agree with: Opinions by Roxane Gay
• Pining after your long distance love or obsessing over a holiday pick-up? Here’s a book to make you feel less alone in any crazy unrequited feelings: I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
• Want to begin the new year a smarter better person? Then spend the holidays with Zadie Smith: The Fraud by Zadie Smith